someone who has their act together and neighboring iran, and of course up to the northwest and syria, makes sure that the-- that the iraqis understand we're on their side and want them to remain free and independent and to be able to protect themselves against internal and external threats that come from either side. and i also think it's a blatant model for that part of the world. so,icallyton, i look at this as being deten dent on the next commander-in-chief, and this commander-in-chief couldn't get the job done. >> colonel, is this the right time in living in iraq and when can we ever have left? >> we still have american troops in italy and in germany and we've got american troops in japan. and i don't regard that to be a sign of failure or a sign of dominance or that we're occupying, we're there to help protect them from add ver sarryes, and respond quickly to threats that we see to our coalition, i see that same kind of thing developing in that part of the world. i think what you're going to have is a real satisfaction in washington, kind of like the debate the other night with f